单词 | curry |
释义 | curry 1. n. & v. --n (pl. -ies) a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in a sauce of hot-tasting spices, usu. served with rice. --vtr. (-ies, -ied) prepare or flavour with a sauce of hot-tasting spices (curried eggs). Phrases and idioms curry-powder a preparation of turmeric and other spices for making curry. Etymology: Tamil 2. v.tr. (-ies, -ied)   1. groom (a horse) with a curry-comb.   2. treat (tanned leather) to improve its properties.   3. thrash. Phrases and idioms curry-comb a hand-held metal serrated device for grooming horses. curry favour ingratiate oneself. Etymology: ME f. OF correier ult. f. Gmc |
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